higher FDI inflows through improving their endowment with infrastructure in transportation, communication, energy and finance …We raise the hypothesis that aid specifically targeted at economic infrastructure helps developing countries attract … allocation of sector-specific aid, the determinants of infrastructure, and the determinants of FDI. We find fairly strong and …

Poorly maintained public infrastructure is common in low- and middle-income countries, with consequences for service …

Core infrastructure, which covers transportation, information and communication (ICT), energy, water and sanitation … growth and convergence, the estimated impact is not statistically significant except for some types of ICT and transport … systems, plays a significant role in economic growth. The development of core infrastructure - one of the European Union (EU …

Without realizing the importance of soft infrastructure, hard infrastructure cannot ensure a significant impact on …. This paper highlights where Central Asia and Caucasia regions stand in terms of physical and soft infrastructure. A gradual … improvement in physical infrastructure is observed, however, the infrastructure development pattern is uneven. Tajikistan and the …

This paper studies the causal effect of transport infrastructure on the spatial concentration of economic activity … with measures of spatial inequality based on remotely-sensed data, we analyse the effects of transport projects on the … immediate periphery. Transport projects decentralize activity particularly strongly in regions that are more urbanized, located …

This paper studies the causal effect of transport infrastructure on the spatial concentration of economic activity … with measures of spatial inequality based on remotely-sensed data, we analyze the effects of transport projects on the … immediate periphery. Transport projects decentralize activity particularly strongly in regions that are more urbanized, located …

It is widely accepted that investing in public infrastructure promotes economic development. However, there is little … awareness of the prevalence of unfinished infrastructure projects and their consequences. In this paper, I study the effect of … unfinished sewerage infrastructure on early-life mortality in Peru. I compile several sources of administrative panel data for 1 …

The recent experience of infrastructure investment in the People's Republic of China (PRC) suggests an intertwined … infrastructure investment, which then drives economic growth via various channels including reducing transaction costs and raising … productivity. Another mechanism emphasized in this paper is that infrastructure investment can promote urbanization through …

This report, part of the “Cities” collection, analyses road accessibility, transport corridors and checkpoints set up … from 12 to 50%. A study of 59 jointly planned or operated border posts in sub-Saharan Africa shows that trade facilitation …

This paper examines the relationship between infrastructure development and income inequality in urban People …. Infrastructure investment plays a key role in achieving both goals, yet the effects of different infrastructures on income … disparities at the city level remain undetermined. Using 10 city-level infrastructure indicators relating to sustainable urban …